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Collection — Box: 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-2011-73-0
Scope and Contents
The Almira A. Bissell notebook (2011-73-0) is an undated paperbound notebook. The notebook, kept by Almira A. Bissell (Mrs. Francis Bissell), has "Composition Book" printed on the front cover. The volume contains an alphabetical list of Revolutionary soldiers who enlisted from the town of Litchfield. Mrs. Bissell also includes brief war records, and genealogy when possible. Some notes are inserted on loose paper into the notebook.
Almira A. Piper Bissell was the wife of Francis Bissell of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: n.d.; Other: Date acquired: 04/06/2011
Collection
Identifier: 00-2015-74-0
Content Description
Camp Family (2015-74-0), 2 folders
Folder 1: Camp Ancestry letters, photographs of homes, and Memorial Tribute to Thomas James Camp.
Folder 2: Portraits - Individual photos as well as a group photo showing two generations of the Camp family, includes an identification list.
Dates:
Circa 1900 - 1973
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-34-0
Scope and Contents
The English Homes of Some Colonial Ancestors essay (2011-34-0) is a nine page typescript essay. The creator of the item is unknown and it is not dated. This genealogical essay contains family information, and deals with the homes of some of the early Connecticut settlers such as Thomas Hooker, John Haynes, and Rev. John Woodbridge.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 06/05/2011
Collection
Identifier: 1951-29-0
Scope and Contents
The Family histories collection consists of genealogical reports written by eighth grade students in Litchfield, Warren, Morris, and Goshen, Conn. They were written at the request of the curator of the Litchfield Historical Society. The histories were written by three different groups of eighth graders: Litchfield Junior High School, 1951-1952; Litchfield Junior High School, 1956; and Wamogo High School, 1958, and are arranged alphabetically by family name as provided on the report.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1951-1958; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/1951
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-33-0
Scope and Contents
The Corydon L. Ford notebook (2011-33-0) contains genealogical information about the Ford/ Foord family. Dr. Corydon L. Ford began collecting the information in 1853. Along with the vast amounts of handwritten genealogy are some later newspaper clippings, as well as sketches of the the gravestones of William Foord and his wife Sarah dingley Foord at Marshfield, Massachusetts and Joseph Ford and his wife Lois Stetson Ford at Center Pembroke, Massachusetts. Included at the end of the notebook...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1853; Other: Date acquired: 05/05/2011
Collection
Identifier: 00-2010-380-0
Scope and Contents
Phelps Family Genealogy (2010-380-0) is a collection of newspaper clippings, a photograph of an older man, and lined pages with notes of births and deaths. On the inside cover is written "Presented to Lizzie P. Smith from Aunt Elizabeth." This branch of the family was from Colebrook and Winsted.
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in no date; Other: Date acquired: 01/12/2011
Collection
Identifier: 00-2011-03-0
Scope and Contents
The Underwood Papers (2011-03-0) consist of a packing list of Mrs. Frank Livingston Underwood and her and her husband's genealogy. The packing list is a detailed list of barrels and crates packed with home furnishings, dining services, draperies, etc. The genealogy traces the Underwood family back to Charlemagne.
Frank Livingston Underwood (1842-1918), a New York copper magnate, and his wife Theodosia Irene Hawley Underwood live at 149 East 40th Street in Manhattan and in 1895 built a...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1900; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/2012
Collection
Identifier: 1971-48-0
Scope and Contents
The Henry H. Wiggin genealogy collection relates to the genealogy of the Wiggin, Holme, and associated families, including descendants of Capt. Thomas Wiggin (circa 1592-1666) of New Hampshire. Henry Wiggin (1872- ) was the first cousin once removed of Charlotte M. Wiggin (1886-1974), long-time curator of the Litchfield Historical Society, and the papers include documentation regarding her and her ancestors. The collection consists of manuscript research materials, correspondence, and...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1935-1953; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1971
Collection
Identifier: 1953-02-2-8
Abstract
The Woodruff Collection primarily documents the personal life and professional career of George Catlin Woodruff, who not only practiced law for several decades in Litchfield but also served as Litchfield's postmaster and held elected positions both locally and in the United States Congress.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1779-1966; Other: Majority of material found within 1815-1919; Other: Date acquired: 11/03/1954
